I'm looking to make my first Disney vacation is September 2017. If I were to book in January with the current Dining package, and it comes back where they offer it free during my stay, do I get the credit to my account for that?”

Hi Yvonne,

Welcome to the Disney Parks Moms Panel and thank you for asking us a question!

I unfortunately don’t know the exact date that you’ll be able to make your reservation for your visit to Walt Disney World Resort in September 2017. That being said, in previous years, rates and reservations for the following year have typically popped up anywhere from late June to early August. I would keep checking the Disney Parks Blog for up-to-the-minute information about when 2017 dates will be available for booking.

From what I understand, Special Offers, such as the “Free Dining” offer, are often limited to a certain number of reservations at each Walt Disney World Resort Hotel. If you already have a Magic Your Way Vacation Package booked, you will have to cancel it and re-book it with a Resort that offers the promotion you’d like to use. You may get lucky and be able to get a package that is identical to the one you had initially booked, but there is a chance that you may not. In that case, you'll have to choose a different room type/Resort if you want to take advantage of the special offer, or you'll have to stick with your original package (and cost). Please keep checking the Special Offers page often, once you have an idea of your 2017 vacation dates to make sure that you're one of the first people to jump on any offers that may be available to you.

As an aside, I would recommend booking your vacation through an Authorized Disney Vacation Planner. Whenever I've worked with one, they were usually quite good at getting my vacation re-booked seamlessly so that I could take advantage of any special offers that may have been released during my vacation dates.

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